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Suggest Medications For Abdominal Discomfort

Hello, I am having a lot of abdominal discomfort after switching antibiotics after my wisdom teeth extraction. I went from amoxicillin 500mg to azithromycin 250mg because of severe vomiting due to the amoxil. Now I'm constipated and my stool is gray with mucus. I'm assuming, since I vomited so much, that I lost a lot of the bile my body had produced. It's also worth noting that I'm not eating as much since I can't chew, so I'm not expecting these prolific BM's,
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, i carefully read your question and got your point. The problem started after you are given broad spectrum antibiotics
I ve seen so many patient in my clinic with such problem you are facing.
Amoxacillin and especially azithromycin cause severe gastrointestinal upset and diarrhea. I recommend my patient take them on empty stomach.
You should not worry about the pain abdomin and loss of appetite as you will feel better when you stopp these antibiotics.
I recommend my patient to take cefadroxill and metronidazole after tooth extraction.
You can contact with your local doctor as these are priscription based drugs.
I hope you will be satisfued with my answer, please do not hesitate in asking from Healthcaremagic.
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Suggest Medications For Abdominal Discomfort

Hi, i carefully read your question and got your point. The problem started after you are given broad spectrum antibiotics I ve seen so many patient in my clinic with such problem you are facing. Amoxacillin and especially azithromycin cause severe gastrointestinal upset and diarrhea. I recommend my patient take them on empty stomach. You should not worry about the pain abdomin and loss of appetite as you will feel better when you stopp these antibiotics. I recommend my patient to take cefadroxill and metronidazole after tooth extraction. You can contact with your local doctor as these are priscription based drugs. I hope you will be satisfued with my answer, please do not hesitate in asking from Healthcaremagic.